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Prof. J. W. WELTNER, 

President of The National University 
of Magnetic Healing, St. Louis, Mo- t 
and Author of Mail Course in Mag- 
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PREFACE TO BOOK I 



The object of this book is to explain in 
a clear and simple manner how to hypnot- 
ize yourself and others and to improve 
the mind by systematic development. 

Many books have been written on this 
subject fully discussing its history during 
all ages, but the aim in this work is to 
simplify it and enable the reader to do all 
that any other hypnotist can do. Not 
only this but to develop one's clairvoyant 
powers, and this is made so simple and 
plain that no one need to fail. 
Respectfully, 

J. W. Wei/tnER. 



HYPNOTISM. 

— ® — 

HYPNOTISM as a theory, is handed 
down to ns from ancient times, 
bnt, as a science it is of modern 
times. It is now creating a world wide 
interest, and is being investigated, 
stndied, tested, accepted and practiced 
by people in every walk of life. Having 
run the gauntlets of prejudiced criticism, 
it stands to-day successfully demon- 
strated to be one of the most wonderful 
sciences of the century. 

Hypnotism in its broadest sense, may 
be considered mere suggestion which 
influences or controls the sub-conscious 
mind. In its limited sense it is simply 
sleep produced artificially or by sugges- 
tion. 

Mesmer claimed that hypnotism is 



magnetism or electricity. From him it 
received the name of Mesmerism, bnt the 
same power is in Mermerism and in Hyp- 
notism, the power of the sub-conscions 
mind. Some say it is only weak minded 
people that can be hypnotized, bnt a 
greater mistake conld not be made. The 
subject simply becomes passive and 
accepts the suggestions of the operator, 
not because of weak will power but 
because he is willing to become passive to 
the suggestions of the operator. No one 
can force him to do so. His will is 
always free. The power of hypnotizing 
resides in the subject. 

In the last few years the Medical Pro- 
fession, in the most enlightened nations 
of the world have used hypnotism to a 
great extent. It is used in many Hos- 
pitals, and Physicians, Dentists and 
Nurses learn the principles of Hypnotism 



in the schools located in nearly every city 
of importance in the world. Many works 
have been written on the subject, such as 
Wood's Ideal Suggestions ; Hudson's 
Laws of Psychic Phenomena; Bernheim's 
Suggestive Therapeutics; Delenze's Ani- 
mal Magnetism, etc. 

It is no longer an experiment but an 
established Science. Systems of Medi- 
cine have been tried and discarded, but 
Hypnotism as a System of Healing is 
with us to stay. Every great discovery 
had its enemies, and no wonder that 
this, one of the greatest of all discov- 
eries, has met violent opposition. People 
condemn it without investigation, but 
if the reader will carefully observe 
the directions given in this course 
of study, and test them thoroughly, you 
will be convinced of the wonderful power 
of Hypuotism in the cure of diseases, and 



in the control of yonr business affairs. 

This is not a subject that should be 
lightly trifled with. The charlatan stage 
performances are largely responsible for 
the adverse criticisms against Hypnotism 
in many localities. Persons should not 
practice it until they become complete 
masters of the science, not only in pro- 
ducing the hypnotic sleep, but also in 
waking the subject, or in bringing the 
subject out from the influence into com- 
plete consciousness. 

The first stage of Hypnotism may be 
termed a light sleep or the somnambu- 
listic stage. The second stage is the 
cataleptic stage, and the third is the 
trance stage or clairvoyant stage. In a 
light clairvoyant stage, mind reading 
may be developed, but in the deeper 
trance, or clairvoyant stage, most won- 
derful powers of the sub-conscious mind 



is developed or discovered, such, as 
leaving the body to visit distant places 
and persons, and make accurate reports. 
In the deepest trance the mind is able to 
know and to see most wonderful things. 
2 Cor. 12: 2-5 illustrates this condition. 
The words heard were unspeakable and 
not lawful to be uttered, because the 
world was not then able to comprehend 
such wonders. 



PASSING THROUGH THE STAGES. 



When you place a subject in the first 
stage or light sleep, and desire him to go 
into the cataleptic stage, you simply give 
the command fearlessly and confidently : 
' l Go deeper ; n "Go into the cataleptic 
stage where your body becomes perfectly 
rigid." The subject immediately be- 
comes rigid or stiff. This may be ascer- 



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tained by lifting the hand slightly and 
it will be observed that the arm is per- 
fectly rigid. 

To pass the subject into the trance 
stage, you simply give the command : 
' ' Go deeper ; " "Go into a light clair- 
voyant stage," or "Go into the mind 
reading stage." When you give these 
commands or make these suggestions, 
you must expect them to be obeyed, and 
the result will be exactly according to 
your expectations. In this condition the 
subject may develop the power of mind 
reading. 

When desired to go into a deeper 
trance, the order is given as above, " Go 
into a deeper trance where your mind 
may be able to visit distant persons or 
places." If the mind of the subject is 
directed to make visits and bring back 
reports, it will do so more and more accu- 



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rately as the clairvoyant develops. Be- 
fore giving the suggestion of going into 
the deepest trance, you should suggest 
that the mind return to the body and pre- 
pare to go into the deepest trance, then 
your suggestion : ' ' Go deeper into the 
deepest trance and remain (a given 
length of time) not longer than twenty 
minutes, and at the end of that time, 
after directing the mind to return to the 
body, the suggestion should be given : 
"Wake up," or "You may now come 
back through the stages and prepare to 
awake. ' ' You can wake the subject direct 
from any stage, by the simple command, 
u Wake up," or when properly devel- 
oped, the subject can be placed in any 
stage direct, without being required to 
pass through the preceding ones. 

If the subject does not wake up when 
the command is given, say when I count 



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(a certain number as) twenty, you will 
wake when I say twenty. It is just as 
easy to wake a patient as it is to put him 
to sleep. The main business of the oper- 
ator is to keep cool, not get excited, and 
issue all suggestions or commands with 
the full expectation of being obeyed. If 
you make any "Time suggestions' ' such as 
' ' Go into the cataleptic stage and remain 
two hours," you cannot wake the subject 
before the time expires, therefore be ex- 
tremely careful what suggestions you 
make in any of the stages. If you fail to 
wake the subject, do not be alarmed, be- 
cause he will wake of his own accord, 
after sleeping the usual length of time of 
his natural sleep. 



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METHODS OF HYPNOTIZING. 



FIRST METHOD. 

The patient should be directed to lie 
down or sit in a comfortable position and 
be at perfect ease. The hypnotist either 
standing by the side or sitting in front of 
the subject, places his hands, with fingers 
extended, over the subject's head and 
makes passes slowly down to the extrem- 
ities, near but not touching the body, 
stopping a few moments in front of the 
eyes and also at the pit of the stomach, 
closing the hands at the end of each pass, 
until he is read)/ to make the next pass, 
or until the hand reaches the head as the 
starting point. 

It is also suggested to ask the subject 
to direct his eyes to a certain point and 
hold them there steadily but without 
making any effort to think. 

After making these passes a few min- 



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utes, you should let the voice drop into a 
monotone and say, "You are now resting 
quietly, and will soon be asleep. Do not 
try to think, but just rest and not even 
try to go to sleep. You are looking very 
sleepy and your eyes are getting moist 
and you are breathing more slowly and 
your limbs are getting heavy and you 
are going to sleep, down, down into a 
peaceful sleep," etc., etc. You can pre- 
pare a long speech similar to these ex- 
pressions to be delivered in a monotonous 
manner and use as much of it as neces- 
sary, and after your subject is asleep, it 
is best to say, " You are asleep and you 
cannot wake up 'till I call you." 

When you are sure your subject is 
asleep, you can say "You are asleep but 
you can hear me, and do everything I tell 
you." "You may remain asleep but you 
can open your eyes." 



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The subject will now take any sugges- 
tion and do anything or attempt to do any- 
thing you suggest, except to commit a 
crime. He cannot be induced to commit 
a crime in the hypnotic condition, any 
more than in the waking condition. 

There are hundreds of ways to hypnot- 
ize, and the operator should try various 
methods, until he finds the method best 
adapted to himself, which he could select 
as his leading method, but the methods 
should also be varied to suit the subject. 



SECOND METHOD. 

Your patient will" lie down comfortably 
and you sit by his side and touch his fore- 
head with the tips of the fingers of the left 
hand, pressing gently, and with the right 
hand grasp the patient's right hand and 
give the monotonous suggestive speech 
similar to that suggested in Method No. 1. 



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THIRD METHOD. 

The subject is comfortably seated and 
you stand in front, Holding a bright 
object, not more than one inch in diameter, 
in front and a little above the eyes, direct- 
ing the patient to look steadily at the 
object and think of nothing but sleep. 
This position tires the e}^es and the 
monotonous suggestive speech similar to 
that used in the preceding methods, will 
soon induce sleep, if the subject is sus- 
ceptible. 



SELF-HYPNOTISM. 



Take a comfortable position, call in 
your faculties of mind, and rest. Count 
the pulsations of your heart, by counting 
mentally, one, two, as you inhale the 
breath, and three, four, as } t ou exhale, 
repeating this count mentally, thinking 
of nothing else, and you cease to think of 



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the counting, but you doit automatically, 
you will soon be asleep. 

Other methods of self-hypnotism, such 
as repeating the letters of the alphabet 
mentally, or a stanza of poetry over and 
over again, abstracting the mind from 
everything else, have been successfully 
used. 

Another method is to direct your eyes to 
a point between the eyebrows on what the 
Phrenologists call the organ of individual- 
ity, keeping them in this position, while 
mentally doing what is suggested in either 
of the methods suggested above. The 
eyes should be closed in these efforts at 
self-hypnotism. Before inducing the 
hypnotic sleep upon yourself, it is wise to 
make auto-suggestions similar to any of 
the post-hypnotic suggestions explained 
in the twelfth lecture. This will enable 
you to accomplish anything you, as an 



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operator, can lead your subjects to do, 
such as Self-Healing, or learning Tela- 
pathy, Psychometry, Magnetic Healing, 
or how to apply your mind to the healing 
of others. 

There are good works published on 
Psycho-Therapeutics and much valuable 
information may be gleaned from them, 
but my endeavors have been to present in 
this course of study, the simplest and 
most practical methods of healing, and to 
present them in a way that may be under- 
stood by the average reader and yet 
sufficiently comprehensive to interest the 
most philosophic minds. 



POST HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION AND 
HYPNOTIC CURES. 



When a subject is hypnotized, you may 
make such suggestions as will influence 
him in his conscious state. You may 



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suggest that at any time you desire, you 
can hypnotize him instantaneously by 
any movement on your part you please to 
suggest, or by the reading of any letter 
you may write him, or even by telephone 
message, and if you make the suggestion 
sufficiently impressive, you can at any 
time afterward accomplish with him just 
what you had suggested, except to cause 
him to do anything morally wrong. 

You may suggest to your hypnotized 
subject that he can learn how to be suc- 
cessful in his business transactions, and 
he will soon discover a marked improve- 
ment in all his business operations. 

Remember all Post hypnotic sugges- 
tions are made while the subject is in the 
hypnotic state or condition, and }'Our ob- 
ject should be to make only such sugges- 
tions as will be of advantage to your sub- 
ject, and induce him to lead a better and 



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more useful life, or to rid himself of any 
bad habits that he may be addicted to. 
You may suggest that he may now learn 
to make his life more agreeable to his 
associates or companions. 



TELEPATHY. 



You may suggest to your subject that he 
can learn how to communicate his thoughts 
to absent persons or to receive communi- 
cations from them. This is termed by 
some writers Mind Transference. The 
communications may be so distinct as to 
seem audible, and it is then called Clair- 
audience. This is learned when the sub- 
ject is in the deep clairvoyant stage. 



PSYCHOMETRY, OR "SOUL SEEING." 



Suggest to your subject while he is in 
the deep trance or clairvoyant stage, that 
he can learn how to see absent persons 



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and know just what they are doing at any 
time, and if the suggestion is made suf- 
ficiently impressive when the subject is 
in his conscious state, he will soon dis- 
cover that he possesses what is called by 
some writers "Spiritual Sight," or know- 
ing by intuition. 

The only way that you can really 
know that these Post Hypnotic sugges- 
tions accomplish these, wonders of the 
mind is to test them for yourself. Some 
of these things seem incredible until you 
see them actually done by properly de- 
veloped subjects. If at first you don't 
succeed, try again. 

Many diseases may be cured perma- 
nently, by making impressive sugges- 
tions to your subject. The proper sug- 
gestions for the cure of diseases are: 
"You are getting better and your trouble 
will soon leave you." "YOU are im- 



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proving very rapidly and in a few min- 
utes you will be entirely cured." "Your 
restoration to Health will be complete and 
permanent." "You are now perfectly 
cured, and your troubles will not return 
any more," etc. 

In this manner you can cure nervous 
troubles, Headaches, laziness, the tobacco 
habit, the whiskey habit, the morphine 
habit, epilepsy, colds, la grippe, loss of 
power, etc., and give tone and health to 
your afflicted patients. 

Many cases may be successfully and 
permanently cured by one hypnotic treat- 
ment, but if you have failed to make your 
suggestions sufficiently strong to effect a 
cure, try again and again, fully EXPECT- 
ING your efforts to succeed, and your suc- 
cess will be exactly according to your 
EXPECTATIONS. 

To make a successful hypnotist, it is 



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necessary to cultivate and possess full 
confidence in your power to control your 
subjects. Without this confidence you 
will fail. The way to acquire this power 
is thoroughly to master the subject, that 
is, to understand how to proceed, how to 
think and what to say. Make any sug- 
gestions you can that will give your sub- 
ject confidence in your power as a hypnot- 
ist, and the stronger you can make these 
suggestions the easier it will be to get 
him under control. A good reputation 
as a hypnotist adds much to the power of 
an operator. 

Cultivate perfect confidence in your 
own powers, and learn to depend on your 
sub-conscious powers to attract unto you 
whatsoever you desire. Do not recognize 
in yourself any possibility of failure. As 
one traveling man suggested, ' 'When you 
want anything, go after it and GET it." 



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Many persons undertake a task, think- 
ing, " I don't know whether I can suc- 
ceed, but I will try." This is not the 
correct position to assume. 

One Commander said to a Lieutenant : 
' ' Can you and your company take that 
battery?" The Lieutenant answered, 
"We can try." The Commander said, 
u You are not the man I want." Calling 
another Lieutenant he asked, u Can you 
with your command, take that battery?" 
The answer came, u I can." The order 
was given, " Go and take it;" — and he 
TOOK it. 

Industry and economy, together with 
a settled purpose, will bring you into any 
degree of prosperity you desire. 

If you desire to become a hypnotist or 
clairvoyant, assume you can do so, and 
try it when you have an opportunity, and 
if you make your suggestions as your 



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own common sense may dictate to yon, 
yon will succeed in a majority of cases. 
Whatever yon do, let it be with a purpose 
similar to that conveyed in the Historic 
expression, "I shall fight it out on this 
line, if it takes all summer," and "Gen. 
Taylor never surrenders." 

You may learn of the power of the sub- 
conscious mind, but you must TRUST 
it, and EXPECT it to do your bidding, 
and you will succeed. 

This is true as a hypnotist, clairvoyant 
or healer. 

There is no limit to the power of the 
sub-conscious mind, except the doubts, 
fears and biased judgment of the conscious 
mind, and when the conscious mind or 
objective mind is asleep, either in the 
natural or hypnotic sleep, the sub-con- 
scious or subjective mind is free to accom- 
plish whatever is demanded of it. 



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The sub-conscious or subjective mind is 
a distinct entity, and its business is to 
care for the body, regulate all the organs 
and secretions and excretions. It is the 
intuition, the human soul, and can see 
without the .use of the natural eyes , and 
has the power to communicate with other 
minds, regardless of distance. It is able 
to project thought and receive thought 
any distance, and read the minds of 
others. It never sleeps, it never forgets, 
and is considered the storehouse of all 
human experiences. It never dies. 

The sub-conscious mind is that which 
produces all the phenomena of clairvoy- 
ance, and these powers are more or less 
common to all human minds. That is, 
the power of bringing up into conscious- 
ness all that is stored in the experiences 
of the conscious mind, or to read the con- 
scious and sub-conscious minds of others. 



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Enough has been given to enable any 
one to develop his hypnotic powers, and 
the discussion under the head of Clair- 
voyance will give all that is necessary to 
know to develop yourself or others. 




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CLAIRVOYANCE. 



WHAT has been said about hypnot- 
ism may be considered the prelim- 
inaries to a complete development 
of clairvoyant powers. Clairvoyance 
means clear seeing. It is simply seeing 
or discerning with the sonl or sub-con- 
scions mind with sufficient distinctness 
for the knowledge, or facts to produce an 
intelligible impression on the conscious 
mind, or to cause the organs of speech to 
communicate them to others. To see the 
absent as if they were present. To see 
the past as if it were present. Much that 
is presented to the public under the name 
of clairvoyance is merely trickery and 
cleverness on the part of the so-called 
clairvoyant, whose generalization will 



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apply to all alike, or who may be able to 
read the mind to reveal the past, and 
since their object is to make money, their 
future predictions are usually of a pleas- 
ing or flattering nature. 

The power of clairvoyance is through 
the sub-conscious mind, or as some term 
it, the subjective mind. Being an indi- 
vidualized expression of universal mind, 
it may search out and know the peculiar 
characteristics of any other individual. 
Here lies the secret; herein exists the 
power. 

This power of the mind has been ob- 
served in all ages. Socrates and Appo- 
lonius exercised this self-same power. 
Cicero and Pliny speak of it and recom- 
mend that someone should record "what 
these sleepers say because they do not 
retain any recollection of them." 

Tertulian, St. Justin and Plato recog- 



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nized that certain people in their days 
had these pecnliar powers. 

These powers were supposed to be 
"gifts," and that only a few were en- 
dowed with these peculiar gifts; but 
modern science has revealed the fact that 
most persons are, to a greater or less ex- 
tent, clairvoyant subjects. 

Clairvoyance may be natural or in- 
duced by hypnotism. In its perfect form, 
the concious mind is asleep and the body 
in deep sleep, so that the strongest sub- 
stances have no effect on the sense of 
smell; needles thrust into the body would 
produce no pain; surgical operations per- 
formed without being felt. When in this 
state the sub-conscious mind is most active 
and it is able to read the minds of others 
even to the power to give names of persons 
and places that any other mind is ac- 
quainted with. To see the absent as if it 



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were present; to visit people in strange 
places and give accurate descriptions, to 
even leave this earth and visit other 
spheres, as illustrated in book II of this 
volume, these are powers of the sub- 
conscious mind. 

The all important question is not to 
give in detail the history of what has been 
accomplished in all ages; but how can a 
person develop these powers? 

There are many ways of inducing 
the hypnotic condition and being carried 
into the clairvoyant state. This may be 
done by engaging a successful operator 
and placing yourself in his hands to be 
developed, or it may be accomplished by 
auto-suggestion . 

The discussion on hypnotism will en- 
able you to hypnotize others or teach them 
to hypnotize, and we shall now explain 
the process of 



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SELF-DEVELOPMENT, 

of Clairvoyant powers. 

Once or twice each day "enter the 
silence" for a space of fifteen or thirty 
minntes. This is simply entering a pri- 
vate, quiet room, and sitting; sit facing a 
dull black cloth spread out about a yard 
square, holding the eyes upon a particular 
point of the cloth without moving them 
in any manner whatever. Relax all your 
organs of body and mind, cease thinking 
and rest. Before u entering the silence" 
direct your sub-conscious mind to give you 
a hypnotic sleep and carry you into a deep 
trance. This may develop you in a very 
few sittings. Some seem to develop very 
quickly, while others require a long time. 
Before these hypnotic auto-suggestions, 
make the suggestion as to the time you 
wish to remain asleep, and if you make 
this in a positive manner you will wake 



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up at the time designated. It would be 
safer at first to authorize a friend to wake 
you after a certain length of time. Simple 
as this seems, it will do the work for you. 

This is a development no one can do 
for you — no one can give you these 
powers. Even if you go to a noted hyp- 
notist or clairvoyant, the most he can do 
is to employ such means as will make 
suggestions sufficiently strong to your 
sub-conscious mind to cause it to accom- 
plish the desired result. He presses the 
button, but your sub-conscious mind 
must do the work. 

Any phase of clairvoyance, mind read- 
ing, telepathy, clairaudience, psychome- 
try, may be developed in like manner. 
When "entering the silence," make the 
proper auto-suggestion, but do not try 
any particular phase until you succeed in 
hypnotizing yourself. Continue this 



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until you become clairvoyant, and repeat 
the process from day to day, or time and 
again, until you can enter this condition 
at will. 

You may make the auto-suggestion 
that when in the clairvoyant state you 
will be another person, and thus assume 
any character you desire. Our good 
spiritualist friends term this being "un- 
der control." Whether true or not, much 
of their teachings is most beautiful. 
I do not offer it as an argument against 
spirit manifestations when I say when 
you become clairvoyant you may assume 
the character and identity of a living per- 
son (mind or spirit,) or you may assume 
the character of one who has passed from 
this earthly existence and represent either 
character, one as easily as the other. 

This volume is not intended as an ar- 
gument for or against any of what are 



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termed the nineteen phases of medinm- 
ship, but it is simply an explanation of 
what hypnotism is and how to induce it 
and what clairvoyance is and how it may 
be developed. 

Many things have occurred in the lives 
of most people — coincidences they are 
nsnally termed, but many thoughtful 
people recognize them as mind transfer- 
ence. 

Yon "happen" (?) to think of a friend 
from whom yon have not heard for a long 
time, and while holding him in mind 3^011 
write him a letter. Before he has time to 
receive yonr letter he has happened (?) 
to think of yon and written to yon. The 
letters pass each other on the way. Co- 
incidence? Not always! Mind transfer- 
ence? Why not? Telepathy? Pure and 
simple. 

This occurs with persons who are 



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naturally clairvoyant. They seem to 
know or sense things by what is some- 
times termed the sixth sense. 

Mr. , of Nevada, Mo., left home 

for a two weeks' trip. The third day 
after leaving home he felt an impulse or 
impression that he was needed at home. 
He went home and arrived at night, and 
his little boy was at the depot with his 
buggy to meet him. The father said, 
"Son, why did you meet me with the 
buggy?" The son replied, "We thought 
you would come home on this train." 
The father said, "Son, what is wrong?" 
The answer came, "Uncle is dead!" 

Coincidence? Certainly not. Mind 
transference or telepathy is the only ex- 
planation, and it was natural with these 
people, but these same powers can be 
developed in a large percentage of the 
human race. 



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Volumes could be written to illustrate 
this great subject, but it is our purpose 
only to make the way plain to seekers 
after these seeming mysteries. If you 
desire to develop your clairvoyant powers 
you have many points in your favor for 
success. If at first you don't succeed, 
if you are willing to try again and 
TRUST your sub-conscious mind to ac- 
complish what you desire, all you 
need to do is to take your sittings 
for development according to the plan 
already suggested, and you can develop 
more surely when sitting alone than in 
company . 

To illustrate the psychometric powers 
of the mind, the writer developed his 
sister-in-law, Mrs. S. J. Weltner, as a 
clairvoyant, or led her to develop herself, 
and tested her power of visiting places or 
persons with such accurate or definite 



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results that he directed her to visit the 
planet Mars and report what she could 
see and learn. The result is given in 
Book II of this volume. 





MRS. S. J. WEI/TNER. 



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THE BOOK Or MARS 



.BY.. 



PROP. J. W. WELTNER. 



ST. LOUIS, no. 



PREFACE, 

The things seen by the wonderfnl 
clairvoyant, Mrs. S. J. Weltner, are re- 
corded just as she reported them while 
making many visits to the planet, with- 
out trying to observe the rules of rhetoric. 
If the subjects are slightly disconnected, 
or if some facts are repeated, our friends 
will understand the cause. 

Mrs. Weltner never studied astronomy, 
and the points given by her that coincide 
exactly with astronomical science seem to 
be proof that she actually saw with her 
mental vision what is recorded in this 
volume. It is this sincere belief that her 
reports are correct that causes me to offer 
this "Book of Mars" to the reading 
public. Respectfully, 

J. W. Weltner, 

St. Louis, Mo. 



MARS, 



The planet Mars, so conspicuous in 
the heavens, and so much studied by 
astronomers, is an oblate spheroid, simi- 
lar to the earth in form, having a diam- 
eter of 4200 miles. In its perihelion it is 
128,500,000 miles from the sun, and 
when in aphelio it is 154,500,000 miles 
from the sun. It revolves around the 
sun in 687 days, and rotates on its axis 
in 24 hours, 37 minutes, 22.67 seconds. 

About every 15 years Mars, when in 
opposition, comes within 60,000,000 miles 
of the earth. It is then a brilliant orb, 
rivaling Jupiter and Venus in splendor. 

The telescope brings into view what is 
supposed to be land and water; also snow 
about the poles. The polar caps dimin- 
ish in size during the summer and in- 
crease during the winter. 

The dark portions seen through the 
telescope are supposed to be water, and 



the reddish portion of the planet's disc 
is supposed to be dry land. 

Astronomers report the existence of 
clouds, bnt they report the air only one- 
fonrth the density of the earth's atmos- 
phere. 

The bnlk of the planet being only abont 
one-eighth as large as the earth, the force 
of gravity is not so great, and if the at- 
mosphere were of the same composition 
as that of the earth it wonld not be dense 
enongh to support life, but an all-wise 
creator has supplied, even to this ex- 
tremely rare atmosphere, the elements 
necessary to the existence of animal and 
vegetable life. 

Mars is attended by two moons. Their 
names are Deimos and Phobos, which 
names are given by Homer in the fif- 
teenth book of the Iliad, to the steeds 
which drew the chariot of the god of war, 
who personifies them as the attendants of 
Mars. There are five smaller moons 
belonging to Mars. 



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The surface is composed of land and 
water, the permanent water surface being 
about 500,000 square miles. 

The land surface consists of what we 
call low plains, plateaus and mountains, 
with rivers and many artificial waterways 
for drainage, irrigation and navigation, 
thus making the vertical configuration of 
the surface of the planet similar to that of 
the earth. 

The foregoing facts have been learned 
by astronomers, and they are about all 
that they will ever be able to learn with 
any degree of accuracy. 

We shall now proceed to describe Mars 
as seen by an expert in Psychometry, 
whose sub-conscious mind or soul has 
made frequent visits to our sister world, 
and has learned many beautiful lessons 
about the planet and his productions . 

What the astronomer has learned has 
been verified by the greater science of 
Psychometry, and it is needless to repeat 
what has already been written. We shall 



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proceed in a simple manner to describe 
the productions, animal, vegetable and 
mineral, as far as we have been able to 
see them; also the military and civil life. 

The Vegetable productions are simi- 
lar to those of the earth, though not so 
profuse. . The forests being extensive, 
but the trees not so large as they grow on 
the earth. The animal creation is also 
similar to that on the earth, though the 
various species are smaller but hardier, 
and all are covered with wool or fur in- 
stead of hair, to protect them from the 
intense cold. 

The planet is inhabited by two races of 
people similar to the Caucasian and In- 
dian races of this world, each forming a 
separate nation. 

The country inhabited by the white 
race has a republican form of government, 
and the nation of the red people is a 
limited elective monarchy, though the 
customs and habits of the people and their 
laws are similar. 



The name of the white country, in their 
language, is Latu, and the people are 
called Latunes. The name of the red 
nation is Gobay, and the people are 
called Gobay s. 

Each nation has its own language, most 
words being dissyllables. The name of 
the king of the Gobays is "Geegee," and 
is styled "Faba Geegee," or Great King. 
The name of the queen is "Pumlum" 
and is called "Veve Pumlum," or Lovely 
Oueen. 

The name of the president of the La- 
tunes is "Roman." 



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LATUNE ELECTIONS. 



Elections in the Latune nation are held 
each year, and the men and women who 
have performed their year's work satis- 
factorily and properly are the voters. 

Their work is regularly inspected, and 
at the close of the year the officers of the 
government issue to those who have com- 
pleted their work properly a clearance 
card. This clearance card entitles the 
holder to a vote . 

After the age of fifty years all men 
and women are retired and receive the 
same yearly support as when they la- 
bored, and all these are entitled to vote. 

These elections are held once a year at 
the beginning of a week of rest, and the 
delegates are selected on account of their 
special qualifications. 

There is no scramble for office, such as 
we have in every election in the United 
States. 

Each voting precinct elects a delegate 



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to what we would call a county conven- 
tion, and they also elect three trustees to 
manage the affairs of the precinct. The 
trustees divide their precincts into dis- 
tricts and appoint a superintendent for 
each district, who appoints his clerks, 
school teachers, etc., and all these are of- 
ficers of the government. 

These superintendents and all other 
government officers are paid by the 
coupon system, the same amount as any 
other laborers. The idea prevailing in 
this Mars republic is to provide for every 
one's support, comfort and happiness, 
rather than to accumulate wealth. 

The government offices, from the pres- 
ident down to the clerks of the districts, 
are considered places of honor, and are 
not sought after, but the places are all 
filled from the list of those who had passed 
the civil service examination. Each of- 
ficer or clerk is selected on account of his 
or her special fitness for the place. 

Clerks and teachers continue in their 



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respective positions permanently or dur- 
ing good behavior, and any complaints 
against them must be brought before the 
district court, which will be described 
later. 



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THE COUNTY CONVENTION. 

The delegates elected by the voting 
precincts compose what we would call the 
County Central Committee. 

They hold a convention regularly once 
each year for the purpose of electing state 
delegates and county officers, and meet 
from time to time to fill vacancies, etc. 

They elect three delegates from each 
county or "forum" to represent the 
county in their state legislature, and this 
legislature elects the state officers, the 
governor and his staff, whose term of 
service is three years, and they are not 
eligible for more than two terms. All 
other state officers, such as clerks, ac- 
countants, etc., they elect to serve during 
life or good behavior. 

This state legislature makes the laws 
for the state, subject to the constitution 
of the general government, and fills va- 
cancies in the offices. 

The state legislatures also elect repre- 



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sentatives to congress, and these are 
chosen on account of their character and 
qualifications. This congress makes the 
laws for the general government, and 
appoints all committees for the manage- 
ment of the civil and military service. 

The state .legislatures also elect one 
delegate from each state to the national 
convention, whose duty it is to elect the 
president and his cabinet. The term of 
service for the president and his cabinet 
is six years, and they are not eligible for 
more than one term . 

All vacancies in the national conven- 
tions are filled by the state conventions, 
in which such vacancies occur, and vacan- 
cies in the government offices are filled by 
vote of the national delegate convention. 

The president and his cabinet have 
powers similar to those exercised by the 
president of our U. S. 



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THE COURTS. 

The supreme court is composed of one 
national judge for each state, but no judge 
is selected from his own state. 

The president appoints one chief justice 
and the twenty-three associate judges to 
represent the thirty-three states, and the 
congress accepts or rejects the appoint- 
ments by a two-thirds vote. 

Each state is divided into judicial dis- 
tricts, and the national judge for each 
state appoints a judge and other officers 
for each district, and they hold court four 
times a year and continue in session until 
the entire business is disposed of, and 
thus no cases are postponed except for 
obtaining further necessary information. 

There are no lawyers, and everything 
is settled by arbitration. Each side 
selects one man and the judge selects the 
third man, and the judge then requires 
each principal and all the witnesses to 
write all they know as eye witnesses about 
the case. 



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A clerk then collects all these written 
testimonies and reads them in the pres- 
ence of the judge and the arbitrating 
committee, or as we wonld say, the jnry. 

The judge is well versed in the law 
and he explains to the jnry all the legal 
points of the case and expresses his opin- 
ion, or as we wonld say, gives his charge 
to the jnry, and the vote of the jnry is a 
final settlement of the case. 

They do not have many cases in conrt, 
because there is no money or property to 
fnss abont, as all belongs to the govern- 
ment. Their conrt cases are abont their 
personal difficulties. 

I witnessed one trial which was a suit 
for divorce, and I learn that divorces are 
not granted for a complete separation, but 
the party at fault is sent to prison for a 
time commensurate with the nature or 
extent of his or her offense. 

Adultery calls for a life imprisonment. 
If both parties in the divorce suit are at 
fault, they are both imprisoned; but if 



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they liave families to care for they serve 
in prison alternately. 

If husband and wife are quarrelsome, 
the neighbors are expected to sue for a 
trial and bring the case into court, and 
the case then proceeds as in the other 
divorce cases. 

The result, I am told, is that almost all 
homes are lovely and peaceful. 



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THE ARMY. 

All able bodied men between the ages 
of eighteen and forty are considered as 
belonging to the state militia, which, in 
Mars' language, is called "rom torn." 
The militia is required to meet two days 
in each month for drill, and each state is 
expected to furnish a certain number of 
men for a national guard , and in time of 
war against the "Gobays," a call is made 
by the president, and each state furnishes 
its quota of troops. 

The state militia has been thoroughly 
drilled by officers of the national guard, 
and they are armed ready for battle at a 
moment's call. 

The militia are all eager to volunteer, 
and the required number is selected by 
casting lots or standing in line and every 
third, fourth or fifth man is taken, ac- 
cording to the number required. 

They have never had a civil war, and 
as they are about evenly matched against 



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the "Gobay" nation, in case of a general 
war, each nation calls ont their complete 
force of militia. 

One general battle settles the matter 
for the time being, as each side loses 
abont the same, and they rest and prepare 
for the next atta'ck. 

I saw one battle which may interest 
our readers. 

An invasion from the Gobays was ex- 
pected, as their preparation for battle 
was discovered by airship scouts, and all 
the border towus of the La tunes were made 
ready to resist the attack. The towns 
are fortified by a double wall with the 
space between filled with earth. On the 
wall are placed watch towers and shooting 
engines which hurl immense fire balls 
into the ranks of the enemy. 

We are stationed in mid air in an air 
ship above the contending parties and can 
witness ever} T maneuver. On comes the 
foe and they are repulsed by the terrible 
fire balls hurled by the shooting engines. 



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These balls fall in the ranks of the enemy 
and explode and hurl death and destruc- 
tion in every direction. 

The attacking army retreat a short dis- 
tance and go into camp for a few days, 
while they prepare to place and explode a 
mine under the walls of the besieged town. 

All is ready to renew the attack and 
they approach and the mine is touched off 
and a great breach is made in the wall. 
Through this breach the attacking army 
begins to pour; but the shooting engines 
hidden in the walls of the building begin 
a galling fire and mow down the enemy 
as fast as they approach, and the attack- 
ing party retires in great disorder. 

In other parts of the country the 
attacking party was successful and cap- 
tured some cities and slew many of the 
Latunes. 

With all the ferocity of the warriors of 
either country, they never molest the 
women, children or the aged, and before 
any town is attacked a surrender is de- 



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manded, and instead of a surrender it is 
understood that the people in the town 
not expecting to engage in the battle, will 
leave the town and remain in the country 
until after the battle. 

If the town is captured these people and 
the remaining part of the army retreat to 
another town, and are provided for by the 
government . 

If the town is not captured, the people 
return to the town to enjoy their homes 
again. 

No prisoners are ever captured, but as 
soon as either side considers itself beaten, 
all the able bodied men retreat and carry 
their dead and wounded with them. 

The battles are fierce, but of very short 
duration, and in case of a general war all 
the border cities are attacked simultan- 
eously. 

The people of either nation are not 
allowed to travel in the other country and 
they have no commercial relations and no 
representative or ministerial, consular or 



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any other relation, except that of enmity 
and hatred, exists. Each nation feels 
prond of its own strength and permits the 
air ship sconts to come and go unmolested 
except in time of hostilities. 

Although the people of each nation are 
loyal and friendly at home and personal 
quarrels seldom occur and neighborhood 
feuds or quarrels are unknown or never 
occur, yet when opportunity offers to 
fight against the other nation they are 
always eager for the fray. The idea of 
cowardice does not exist, and they have no 
words which convey the meaning of 
treason or cowardice. They are indeed a 
war-like people and the planet was cor- 
rectly named. 



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CUSTOMS, HABITS AND DOMESTIC LIFE. 



All property belongs to the government 
and all labor is performed for tile govern- 
ment. The farmer, the mechanic, the 
merchant, the teacher and all other lab- 
orers are in the employ of the government 
and all prodnce belongs to the government, 
for distribution, and "no man liveth for 
himself alone." 

Their medium of exchange is a kind of 
coupon system. 

Each man and woman receives from the 
proper government clerk a coupon book 
at the beginning of each month, the same 
amount of coupons for each man and each 
woman . 

The heads of families are allowed a 
certain amount of coupons for each child, 
but when the children reach the age of 
thirteen years the parents or guardians 
receive the same for each as for an adult 
and the children are expected to have 
regular employment the same as adults. 



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To secure an earnest effort on the part 
of all laborers a certain premium is allowed 
to those who complete their work perfectly, 
and so reasonable are the demands that 
almost every man, woman and child 
earn the offered premium. 

The housewife is considered in the em- 
ployment of the government and receives 
the same wages as the hospital nurse, the 
actress or any other female laborer. 
Preachers, physicians, surgeons, receive 
the same wages as the farmer or the clerk. 
There are no trusts, no great corporations, 
no millionaires and no poor people or 
tramps, but all have an abundance. All 
laborers are retired at the age of fifty and 
receive the same wages as when they 
labored, and the housewife is furnished a 
servant so that she may rest from her 
labors. 

This seems very simple, but the peo- 
ple seem extremely happy in their sim- 
plicity. They simply have nothing to 



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worry about. If tney are sick, the gov- 



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ernment furnishes the necessary medical 
attendance and nurses, and all funeral 
expenses are paid by the government. 

Their hours of labor are limited to six 
hours, and they have all the remaining 
time for rest and improvement. The 
meals are prepared by expert government 
cooks, and all food is furnished by the 
government, giving the individual the 
privilege of selecting from the bill of 
fare. The people dwell in small villages 
and every home is made comfortable. 
The capital city is quite a large city and 
the border towns are large and well forti- 
fied. The streets and highways and by- 
ways are kept in proper condition by the 
government, and the sidewalks and 
awnings are also kept in good repair, and 
everybody is treated alike and have the 
same care and protection from the govern- 
ment. 

The homes or houses are built for com- 
fort rather than for display, and the rooms 
of the houses have partitions that may be 



removed or raised out of sight so that all 
rooms may be thrown together when de- 
sired. 

The rooms seem to be withont furni- 
ture except a few stools, but by the press- 
ing of a button in the wall you discover 
or bring in sight your bed or table or easy 
chair. 

All dressers, cupboards, etc., are built 
in the wall, and places for books, papers, 
clothing, etc., are built in the wall. 

There are no carpets, but the floors are 
of a peculiar kind of wood that seems soft or 
similar to our India rubber. The houses 
are not large, as every room may be used 
as a bed room, and they need no kitchen 
or dining room, as all meals are taken in 
the public eating house where a family 
and their friends may have their meals 
served in a private room. They simply 
enter the room and press a button which is 
answered by a waiter who fills their or- 
ders without delay. They eat and are 
permitted to enter a reception room where 



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they meet their friends and neighbors 
for social intercourse. This room is sup- 
plied with reading matter, magazines, 
daily papers, literary works, etc. 



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DOMESTIC RELATIONS. 



The home circle seems to be a model 
of simplicity. 

The wife is considered queen of her 
household and is the head of the family 
in all matters of domestic economy, and 
the husband is the head of the family in 
matters of business. 

The women are considered equal to the 
men and are treated as equals. 

In their courtship the ladies act about 
the same part as the gentlemen of the 
earth. That is, they are expected to 
make all the advances and proposals. 
The men of marriageable age try to make 
themselves attractive to the ladies, but it 
is for the lady to take the first steps and 
do the wooing, and when she proposes, if 
her suit is favored by the gentleman of 
her choice he simply says, You may ar- 
range for a family council. 

The parents are duly notified by the 
anxious seeker after wedded bliss and 



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they meet in solemn council, and at their 
first meeting they simply talk the matter 
over and take a week for deliberation. 
They then meet and vote on the petition 
that has been formally made by the 
woman who has made the proposal. 
Three votes are necessary to elect. 

If either parent is not living, a guard- 
ian is appointed by the government or by 
the courts, and the guardian takes the place 
of the parent. If it is decided in favor of a 
union the happy couple are notified, and 
the lady then goes to the home of her 
intended husband to live for a month and 
then he visits her at her home the same 
length of time. 

The parents are then called together to 
hear the report of the visits, and if the 
couple still desire to marry, the ceremony 
is performed as soon as possible, and as 
they have no elaborate trouseaus, and all 
that is needed is to call the friends together, 
the wedding usually takes place within 
two or three days after the final council 



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of parents. During the two months that 
the couple have visited each other they 
have been allowed every opportunity to 
get acquainted and study each other, 
being together constantly, but of course 
they are prohibited from acting as hus- 
band and wife. 

The marriage ceremony is then per- 
formed in the presence of invited friends, 
and is performed in the center of the room 
at the home of the groom's parents on 
a revolving platform similar to that in 
the theater or forum. This gives every 
one an equal chance to witness the cere- 
mony, as the revolving platform brings 
the party face to face with every one 
present. 

The happy couple then go to their home 
that has already been provided and 
tastily furnished by the government. 
They live together for a month and then 
are permitted to travel for one month, all 
expenses being paid by the government. 
The wedding trip is not attended by any 



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exciting scenes, bnt the Happy conple 
seek only to enjoy each other's society. 

After the trip they are met at their home 
by their friends for congratulations. They 
are now considered married and begin to 
live as husband and wife. During their 
associations together for four months they 
have rigidly adhered to the strictest prin- 
ciples of virtue, and now that they have 
had four months of intimate acquaintance 
they are ready to enjoy their conjugal 
relations. There is no great marriage 
feast, and no charivari excitement. Dur- 
ing this period of four months they have 
rested from their labors, but now the 
husband is ready to begin his usual 
avocation and the wife is expected to 
assume her household duties. 

Before any man or woman can be mar- 
ried they must pass a physical examina- 
tion to determine whether they have 
sufficient health and strength to bear 
children, and once each year the husband 
and wife are expected or compelled to pass 



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the physical examination to determine 
whether they may continue to bear chil- 
dren, and if any parents bear children 
when they are not pronounced healthy 
the children are taken from them and 
reared in the government nursery and 
training school until they become strong 
and healthy. 

This precaution on the part of the 
government to bring forth children by 
strong aud healthy parents causes the 
people to be almost free from sickness or 
disease, and a stronger and healthier 
people cannot be found on earth. The 
people are free from worry, care or anx- 
iety, and the highest ambition seems to 
be to be strong and well, and you seldom 
hear any one complain of aches and pains 
or suffering. If any parents bear chil- 
dren when the physical examining board 
pronounces them unfit for such duties, 
they are sent to prison for a time, but if 
they have other children at home they 
serve in prison alternately an equal part 



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of each day, so that one of them may be 
at home to care for the children. This 
seldom occurs, because the wife being 
the head of the family seldom disobeys 
the laws in this respect. 

If the parents are pronounced unhealthy 
they are expected to take especial care of 
themselves until the next annual physi- 
cal examination, and if they both pass 
the required examination they are per- 
mitted by the laws to bear children, and 
this causes them the greatest happiness. 
The Spartan mothers were proud to raise 
male children, but the Latune mothers 
are just as proud to raise children of 
either sex. 



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THE SCHOOLS. 



The schools are all government insti- 
tutions. The teachers are employed by 
the government and all books and supplies 
are furnished by the government. 

All children from seven to thirteen 
years of age are expected to go to school 
and the chief studies are Politeness, 
Reading, Numbers, and Astronomy be- 
sides an industrial occupation. The in- 
dustrial school is the chief feature of the 
Mars schools, and every child serves an 
apprenticeship in the schools in the trade 
or profession that the child , the parents 
and the teacher selects. The natural in- 
clination or bent of the child is a great 
factor in the selection of an avocation. 

Politeness or etiquette is so thoroughly 
taught that the people become highly 
polished or cultured, and rudeness is sel- 
dom seen in children or adults. 

The idea of selfishness does not seem 
to prevail anywhere. The children have 
equal advantages in the schools. 



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They have no tardiness or truancy- and 
children are never absent except on ac- 
count of sickness, and this occurs so seldom 
that the teachers do not keep any record 
of attendance but merely record an occa- 
sional absence, and in every case on 
record in the schools I examined, the 
cause of the absence is sickness. There 
is no word conveying the meaning of cor- 
poral punishment, and such a thing as 
whipping children never occurs in school 
or home. 

The time devoted to study and recita- 
tion is four hours, and four hours are de- 
voted to the industrial work each day, and 
the seven years of school life make the 
pupils proficient in the four branches of 
study and in the chosen trade or pro- 
fession. 

All writing is done in short-hand and 
all print is in the same characters, and the 
pupils do not have to learn to spell by 
letter and learn print, and script and 
short-hand, but the one style of writing 



answers all purposes. I wonder at the 
simple things composing the work requir- 
ed of Mars' pupils, and when I think of 
the great book satchels and the arm loads 
of books and slates I have seen carried by 
the children of earth, I wish we had suffi- 
cient common sense among the educators 
of earth to eliminate from the school 
curricula all the un necessary rubbish and 
teach only practical things. The arith- 
metic used in Mars' schools consists of 
(eighty-four) pages and they have no 
higher mathematics except astronomy, 
and for the astronomer there is a course 
in trigonometry and geometry, but the 
public schools are not burdened with any- 
thing but practical studies. 

Ladies teach the branches and all the 
industrial work pertaining to house-keep- 
ing, and the gentlemen teach all other 
industries. 



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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. 



Each town or city has a grand fornm 
large enough to hold the entire population. 
The larger cities have a number of these 
forums so as to be convenient to all the 
people. These forums are places for public 
amusements or entertainments and in the 
large towns the districts in which the 
forum is located is also called a forum to 
distinguish it from other parts of the city. 

The seats are so arranged and the 
acoustic properties are so perfect that every 
one has an equal chance to hear and see 
the performances. The forum is in a large 
building which is so perfectly heated and 
lighted that one seat is considered as good 
as another. The stage is in the center 
and the seats are arranged like an amphi- 
theatre. 

The stage is made to revolve and several 
performances are given at the same time, 
but the stage is made to revolve noise- 
lessly, and as it revolves it brings each 
performance in full view of every beholder. 



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Entertainments are given on one even- 
ing of each week and the actors and 
theatre managers being in the employ of 
the government, the admission is always 
free. Everybody goes and as the theat- 
rical troupes are only permitted to exhibit 
in the same forum two weeks in success- 
ion, the people are favored with new 
plays since no two troupes in the theat- 
rical circuits are permitted to use the same 
play. There are a number of these 
theatrical circuits with a sufficient number 
of towns or forums in each circuit so that 
each town w T ill have a different troupe 
every two weeks throughout the year. 

Every town or forum has a theatrical 
troupe and great competition is seen, as 
every town tries to have the very best 
troupe. 

Each troupe plays two different leading 
plays with a great variety of acts, per- 
formances and feats. 

No daring or dangerous feats are allow- 
ed, but each act is judged on account of 



its artistic display, and each year they are 
expected to have a complete change of 
program. 

The traveling expenses, entertain- 
ments and costnmes and all expenses are 
paid by the government, or I should say 
provided by the government, and every 
tronpe is expected to give high class ex- 
hibitions, and nothing vnlgar or com- 
mon or low is ever attempted. 

Around the stage there is a space for 
the exhibition of animals. This display 
of animals is always near the close of the 
performance, so that the people will not 
have to endnre the smell of the animals 
a great length of time. The horses all 
appear in colors similar to onr zebras and 
the riding is extremely artistic and 
beautiful. 

The movements of the actors seem so 
light, free and graceful. One reason is, 
the attraction of gravitation is only about 
one-eighth as great as it is on earth, 
which may be more readily understood 



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when I say the writer weighs on earth, 
two hundred pounds, but his weight on 
Mars is about twenty eight pounds. The 
people seem to be of greater strength than 
the people of earth, but not quite so large. 

The average weight of men is twenty 
pounds, or about one hundred and fifty- 
four pounds by earth weight. The same 
amount of exertion seems to accomplish 
so much more. 

High jumping is one feature of the per- 
formance, and they leap from twenty to 
thirty feet in the air and perform many 
astonishing tricks while in the air. Dur- 
ing the performance very fine music is 
rendered by a string band, but so soft and 
sweet that it does not prevent the assembly 
from hearing every word spoken by the 
performers, and all actors are expected to 
make themselves understood when speak- 
ing or singing. 



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COMMERCE. 

All prices are regulated by tile govern- 
ment, and everyone pays the same prices 
for like articles, meals, etc. The work- 
ing suit for each individual is a uniform 
peculiar to his avocation. The dress suits 
of all people are various, according to the 
tastes of each individual, but all prices 
are regulated by the government, and in 
public you cannot know a person's avoca- 
tion by his dress. 

All clothing worn by all the people is 
tailor made, and as the tailors, milliners, 
shoemakers, etc., are all paid by the gov- 
ernment, the purchaser only pays for the 
material, and such a thing as shoddy work 
or shoddy goods is never known. There 
is no attempt to cheat, wrong or defraud 
anyone in any manner whatever, because 
all work is inspected by experts and it 
would be impossible to deceive them. 
There is no adulteration of food, but every- 
thing is made as pure as possible. The 



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motto of all laborers is "Not how much, 
but how well," but at the same time they 
each aim to accomplish a fair day's work. 

The object of the government is to keep 
all people supplied with every production , 
so that one place can not claim any ad- 
vantage over another, and there is no 
chance of becoming dissatisfied and there 
is practically no moving from place to 
place. 

In the manufacture of every article, 
utility, comfort and taste govern, and 
there is no attempt at display at the ex- 
pense of health and happiness. It is 
needless to say that the notion of using 
corsets, tight shoes, etc., has never been 
conceived by the women or men of Mars. 
Of course there are no dress reform asso- 
ciations and in fact there are no other 
reform associations, because no abnormal 
conditions are permitted to exist in modes 
of living or in any commerce. 



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CITY PARKS. 

Every city is provided with a city park 
which is artistically planned, and all 
animal and vegetable life is on display. 

These parks are free to the people at all 
times becanse they are government insti- 
tutions. 

At regular stated times general celebra- 
tions are arranged and all people gladly 
assemble in the park for a grand holiday, 
and when they leave their homes to go to 
these celebrations or anywhere else they 
never lock their doors . They seem to have 
no notions whatever of thieving, pilfering 
or burglarizing, which happy condition 
seems to be the natural result of their 
absence of money. There is no struggle 
for wealth, either through " highway rob- 
bery n or high-handed robbery through 
great monopolies such as exist on the 
earth. The telephones and lines belong 
to the government. The government 
owns all railways, waterways, ships, air 



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ships, all the land, — everything. Homes 
are provided for all. Every married 
couple is furnished a home by the govern- 
ment, bnt the architects plan the honses 
somewhat different and the hnsband and 
wife are permitted to select the home that 
they desire.' 

Bnt we are digressing. 

One thing is very noticeable in all cele- 
brations in the parks or in any other 
assemblages. The children all wear a 
badge on which is placed the street and 
nnmber of their respective homes, and as 
all adnlt people are expected to protect 
any children, they are allowed perfect 
liberty to rnn abont and enjoy themselves. 
If a child is lost it is expected of the adults 
to take it to a central station, where a 
policeman or patrolman is detailed to take 
the child to the place designated on its 
badge as its home. The notion of kid- 
napping seems never to have entered the 
minds of these contented Latimes. 

In these parks are places for displays of 



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art, pictures, vases, sculpture, paintings, 
hand work, needle work, anything and 
everything made by hand. Nothing is 
allowed on display except the most per- 
fect work, except in the display of the in- 
dustrial schools. The best specimens are 
taken from each grade in each year. 

In all these associations of the people, 
everyone seems to be acquainted with 
everybody, and the people of any city are 
not strangers to each other. 

If any strangers from other cities arrive 
at any time they wear a badge bearing 
the name of the city, and these are always 
treated with great respect, and the 
"stranger within the gates" is indeed well 
cared for. 



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RELIGION. 

Only one form of religion seems to exist 
among the Latnnes. Their bible is so 
plain and simple, without any ambiguity 
or even without a chance of quibbling or 
controversy. • They never hear anything 
of sects or creeds. There are no agnostics, 
infidels, cynics or stoics and they do not 
have any word in their language that con- 
veys the idea of eccentricities, idiosyncra- 
sies or cranks. 

They worship a supreme being as their 
creator and preserver. They had no 
original sinner and of course have never 
been in a lost condition. They have no 
conception of a hell or devil, but all ex- 
pect to exist forever in a beautiful here- 
after. Their notions of eternal bliss 
seem to be that they will continue to 
improve in knowledge and power and that 
their labors will be all of a useful nature. 

They worship God or the Supreme 
Intelligence, and one day in each week 



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they assemble in the "Forum" for divine 
services which consists of most beautiful 
music, a lecture or sermon and a form of 
entertainment that is elevating as well as 
fascinating and entertaining. I asked 
one intelligent individual if there were 
different religious denominations, but he 
could not be made to comprehend my 
meaning. 

Their simple form of religion and the 
perfectly plain language of their bible, 
leaves no room for doubting, and they 
have no word in their language that con- 
veys the notion of doubting. They have 
no idea of attempting to deceive, as decep- 
tion is usually practiced on the earth for 
mercenary motives, but here they have no 
word conveying the notion of deception. 
They carry their religion into their every- 
day lives. In fact they seem to have a 
heaven on Mars. Their sermons seem to 
be for encouragement and to extol the 
goodness of God. They have no ordinanc- 
es or ceremonies, but they simply wor- 



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ship God for his goodness, and not to 
escape punishment here or hereafter; and 
since the minister is employed by the 
government and the chnrch worship 
is nnder the care of the govern- 
ment, everything in this line is free. 
They can not say "salvation is free, " 
because they have never been in a " lost 
condition' ' and do not need saving. They 
are safe or saved. They have no use for 
such expressions as "the survival of the 
fittest," which usually means on earth 
"the survival of the fightest." 

To the enterprising, pushing, scramb- 
ling, jostling, grasping, selfish people in 
many localities on earth the simple ways 
of the Mars people will seem too tame. To 
this I can only say we cannot help it. 
We are only writing what has been made 
plain to the writer through the Clairvoy- 
ant powers of one who proved herself to be 
exact and accurate in visiting places on 
earth, even places that neither she nor 
the writer had ever seen. 



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FACILITIES FOR TRAVELING. 



The numerous waterways and air ships 
render but few railroads necessary, and 
most of the business done on the few rail- 
roads is mainly freight business between 
towns not connected by waterways. We 
do not learn what the motive power is on 
water, land or in the air ships. If it is 
steam no smoke or steam is visible. All 
of these roads as well as waterways and 
ships, and air ships belong to the govern- 
ment. Every person is carried free on a 
pass issued by the proper officer, and no 
carrying vessel or car is ever over crowded. 

The railroads have double tracks and 
accidents seldom occur and no dangerous 
speed is ever attempted. For short dis- 
tances or private conveyance, the govern- 
ment furnishes to every town or forum 
a certain number of vehicles, — a kind of 
horseless carriage, which is rented out to 
the people at a very low rate. Besides 
these every family is provided with a 



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unicycle. This is a wheel made very 
large and the rider is within the wheel, 
and it is so constructed that the center of 
gravity falls below the center of the wheel, 
and it is almost impossible for an accident 
to occur. This seems to be a wheel with- 
in a wheel, so geared together that the 
movement of the pedals will cause the 
outer wheel to revolve. They could not 
grasp the meaning of such an expression 
as "taking a header." 

Every child born into this Latune 
nation is presented a beautiful child's 
carriage or cab. The government has 
these made in various styles and the 
parents are permitted to select the style 
desired. This present is made by the 
government and this is only one of the 
many ways the government manifests 
great interest in the little ones. 

The respect for the aged is shown in 
many ways also, and one that is appre- 
ciated perhaps more than any other is the 
fact that after they have reached the age 



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of retirement they receive from the gov- 
ernment an elegant easy carriage. These 
are made so as to be readily distinguished 
from any other vehicle, and great respect 
is shown to these aged people when out 
riding as well as at home. 



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TILLING THE SOIL. 



All farming is done by machinery and 
the motive power is the same as that used 
in propelling the carriages. Farming is 
conducted on scientific principles and from 
the numerous streams and artificial water- 
ways thev obtain water for irrigation. 

If at any time there is a scarcity of rain 
they irrigate and such a thing as a famine 
or failure of crops has not occurred in 
several past centuries. The garbage and 
refuse of the towns is all conveyed to the 
farms, if it is fit for fertilizing, but if not, 
it is consumed by fire. 

The sanitary condition of all the towns 
is so perfect that they have no epidemics 
and the health of the people is almost 
perfect. 

Great care is taken to rotate the crops 
in such a manner as not to impoverish 
the soil. 

A great variety of vegetables similar to 
our potatoes, carrots, etc., are raised. 



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Their variety of choice fruits is simply 
wonderful to behold, but they can not 
compete with the earth in this line, but 
what they raise they save, because the 
government has a sufficient number of 
storage buildings to properly care for 
everything in this line. 

What they have in immense quantities 
is a vast variety of nuts, large and small, 
and of almost every conceivable shape and 
kind. 



—92— 
ART DISPLAYS PAINTINGS. 



Entering the art halls I find in art what 
far surpasses any of earth's displays I 
have ever seen or heard of, and I speak 
thus advisedly as I have seen the finest 
displays of art in Europe and America. 
Fascinating surroundings, mysterious and 
sublime in every department. It is like 
entering through a great stone wall with 
three great arch doors opening up on the 
most picturesque parks of magnificent 
foliage, statuary, rockeries, mounds, land- 
scapes and flowers of rarest kinds and 
colorings. Among these in glorious 
profusion are urns and vines and flowing 
spraying fountains that make the scenery 
and place a paradise. 

The spraying fountains and waterfalls 
that dash the spray of mist and dew on 
every plant, tree, statue and urn, make 
all seem crystallized when the brilliant 
illuminations, known to the great artists, 
bring out every shadow in a deeper shade, 



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and every light reflected as from radiant 
stars through a mist of dazzling dew- 
drops. 

We see massive statuary of the noble 
men and women and beautiful children, 
as well as of animals. These we behold 
in this most beautiful park, which leads 
to the main hall where we find displayed 
everything in art on a grander, more per- 
fect and magnificent scale, a complete 
description of which would require volumes 
of poetry. 

Old masters had painted under inspir- 
ation, and every face and form is life-like 
in appearance, which seem to be living 
beings, rather than paintings, with purity 
of mind and body portrayed. The fur of 
animals, the heavy clothing, everything, 
perfectly represented in this display of 
high art. 

The child's picture painted by a great 
master is perfect. The child is in almost 
a nude state, with hands outstretched 
feeding two large white birds almost like 



—94— 

the swans of earth, but heavier and more 
massive feathers. The child seems to 
have chased the birds from their nest and 
is master of the nest, but is feeding and 
kindly petting the birds. The nest is 
made of weeds, small twigs and leaves. 

Another picture of immense size is of 
beautiful women showing the different 
types of the beautiful Latune daughters, 
all in perfect harmony and admiration for 
each other; all intelligent and angelic in 
appearance. 

A picture of perfectly formed men, 
heavily robed in furs. Each man bears a 
medal or badge giving evidence of honors 
he has won in battle or in civil life, where 
great skill and high artistic talent had 
been developed. 

The marine pictures in perspective, 
with a blending of colors impossible to 
describe in a few words, seem to be beyond 
human hands to paint nature so divinely. 

The painting of an air ship sailing in 
air is so inspiring, as it seems to sail 



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majestically along, beautifully lighted 
with colored lights, and with many joy- 
ous people aboard and many more on the 
ground below to cheer the voyagers and 
wish them a glorious journey and heavenly 
dreams. The ship's band with musical 
instruments playing in mid air is echoed 
back to them by a band playing at the 
starting station. The people seem en- 
tranced by the distant strains of music and 
seem to give more attention to the depart- 
ing band than to the one playing to all 
those left behind . We see in this picture 
the landscape below, the herds of animals 
in the fields, the streams of water, and all 
seems harmonious. 

The next picture shows an air ship de- 
scending and landing at night. The 
light of moons makes the vessel look 
weird and the people ghost-like. They 
seem to be descending toward the earth 
like a group of chirping birds. This 
moonlight picture is great, too great for 
me to attempt a description of it. 



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The paintings of animals in groups 
represent the animals as friendly to them- 
selves and to human kind. The Mars 
people love the animals and care for them 
and there are many pets. The painter 
gives to the animals such a familiar and 
lovelike appearance that you seem to want 
to talk to and pet the pictured animals. 
They never need any "Bands of Mercy" 
among these people because there is no 
cruelty to animals here. 

Groups of pictures of fishes and reptiles, 
peculiar in shape and coloring, and some 
like the fishes and animals of the earth's 
seas. 

The old masters of Mars have painted 
the mother love and child. This is in- 
deed a master piece. Such exquisitely 
tender looks does the mother love give her 
babe. Even Raphael has never produced 
anything to equal it. There is such in- 
spiration in this picture that the behold- 
ers bow in reverence and uncover their 
heads to the mother love and child. 



—97— 

One painting represents God blessing 
the children. His radiant countenance 
is as the sun shining and He smiles words 
of love and each child is so attracted by 
the power of love that all their faces are 
gazing upward and their lips seem to say 
love, love, to thee, so great and so good. 
Their beautiful hands are lifting to him the 
most gorgeous flowers, wreaths, palms, 
crescents, and crowns, and they appear to 
desire to give still greater honor to the 
Ruler of all and the Giver of all good to 
man. 

Another great painting by a great 
master is a group of twelve Mars women, 
bowing and holding in their hands tall 
ancient bronze candle sticks. These are 
standing in a circle, with God in the 
center, and the brightness of His crown of 
glory causes the light of the candles to 
appear dim, and His light overshadows 
all. Around them seems misty atmos- 
phere in which are seen their favorite 
palms as if standing guard. 



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Anotlier painting represents God's love 
of animals. He shows how He values 
their lives as He stands in their midst 
placing food, grain, grasses and branches, 
and waters them with clear, sparkling 
water. They show their gratitude by 
feeding together in perfect harmony, rest- 
ing their grateful eyes upon Him as if 
returning thanks for His great goodness 
to them. Words can not describe these 
paintings and only the inspired can paint 
them and the beholder becomes inspired 
as he gazes upon them. 

Ancient and modern paintings of their 
presidents and governors, both men and 
women, show greatness 'of character and 
nobility of mind in each face. They 
seem to be living, breathing, speaking 
pictures. There are many rooms and 
galleries full of these great pictures and 
it would require volumes to describe them. 

The larger and more elaborate painting 
in this large hall exhibits the manner of 
honoring those who had reached the high- 



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est degree of excellence or perfection in 
their life's work. Men and women hav- 
ing received the beantifnl medals to which 
they are entitled, and having received 
great honors, their animated faces are so 
life-like I seem to enter into their lives 
and feel that I am one of them. 

Then we see the painting where these 
same happy people are honored by the 
government with a great banquet, where 
all are so merry. The menn and service 
all life-like, the dishes in their various 
styles and colorings, gold, silver and 
bronze pitchers, cnps, bowls, vases, art 
decorations, etc., to represent much be- 
yond my comprehension. 

This all is so fascinating that I attempt 
to handle one of the bronze pieces. 

The fruits and flowers in this immense 
picture I could almost take hold of and 
handle, so perfect are the shades and lights 
and colorings. 

One feature in these great paintings is 
the representation of the pictures and 



—100— 

pieces of art hung on the interior walls of 
these government reception rooms; por- 
traits, pictures of scenery, arts and deco- 
rations, trie richness of heavy draperies, 
all combine to please and enlighten the 
lovers of art. It shows years of study 
and labor as well as rare talent to produce 
such great masterpieces. The harmony 
among the people, the harmony in 
music, the harmony in nature, all ming- 
ling together, I feel as if I am one in 
their midst and can realize the beauteous 
lives of all who have been and now are on 
good old Mars. O how I admire these 
most beautiful pictures, seen in perspec- 
tive, apparently at such distance. 

The displaying of elegant furniture 
let down from the walls of these great 
reception rooms; the servants in order, 
chairs in order and all luxuries supplied 
and the guests so cared for. What can 
it be but really live pictures and not 
painted on canvas? It is simply wonder- 
ful to see all human life so accurately 



— 101 — 

reproduced . So many of these pictures 
are large in size and show the customs 
and costumes of ancient and modern 
times. 

The pictures of battles show skill and 
bravery in every figure, all men being so 
perfect in body and very nearly the same 
size. The power that moves the wagons 
that carry the great shooting engines is 
unseen, similar to our auto-mobiles, and 
this same power is used to produce the 
effect in the moving pictures. These are 
on revolving platforms, and the compli- 
cated machinery causes the various fig- 
ures to appear and act as living beings, 
showing the maneuvers, the actual move- 
ments of the soldiers in battle. The 
discharge of the great shooting engines, 
the awful carnage, the wounded, the 
dying and the dead; the victors crowned 
with glory, with the enemy retreating. 
Then is shown the work of rebuilding 
the city, and all calm and peaceful. 

Babyland is a very interesting and at- 



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tractive picture, large in size, rich in 
coloring. The scenery is in a woodland, 
and these babes in the woods are exercis- 
ing, climbing and romping. Their light, 
easy movements are easily imagined as 
you see them among the branches in 
almost every imaginable position. Per- 
fect happiness seems to be represented in 
every feature. Those on the dark mossy 
ground are playing among the rocks 
and natural mounds, hiding and 
seeking and almost every conceivable 
children's pass-time is beautifully repre- 
sented. The nurses and matrons are seen 
in a group near the outskirts of this baby- 
land ready to care for them. Patrolmen 
seem to be walking to and fro to show that 
the children are under the special care of 
the government. 

The picture of a baby in the cradle with 
its mother carefully rocking it to sleep, 
while she seems to sing in sweet, low 
tones, as the fond papa is taking a last 
look at the sweet little darling before 



—103— 

going to his day's work. His look is 
that of tender love and pride. 

The nursery is furnished by the gov- 
ernment with everything the children 
need for their comfort and proper amuse- 
ment, and there is not a favored few, but 
all are favored and favorites. A beauti- 
ful picture of Home shows the happy 
family, some reclining on a sofa, others 
sitting at tables playing games and play- 
ing on musical instruments similar to the 
pianos on earth, though smaller. Such 
loA^e and harmony, such congeniality, 
leads the beholder to exclaim, u O God, 
Thou hast blest the homes of Mars ! ' ' 

No gossip, no fault finding, no scold- 
ings. Such things as backbiting, gossip- 
ing, etc., are not known to these simple 
people. 

The clock that runs by an unseen 
power, that seems like a perpetual mo- 
tion, shows the hour, minute and sec- 
ond, and the times of all the moons, as 
well as the day of the month. On the 



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face of this clock the child is taught its 
first lessons in astronomy. 

There are pyramids of flowers in pic- 
ture and beautiful forms of children look- 
ing out and romping through and among 
the flowers and tossing the flowers here 
and there. To represent life and beauty 
seems to be the aim of the artists. 

Many more of these paintings might 
be described, but enough has been given 
to give the reader an idea of what is con- 
tained in these magnificent art buildings. 



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ART DISPLAYS— SCULPTURE. 



A most beautiful figure representing 
Love Immortal, is in the form of a 
woman cut in pure white marble, stand- 
ing erect and holding in the palm of right 
hand a brilliant gem representing a star 
and the manner in which the precious gem 
is cut causes it to shine as the brightness 
of a star by day and by night, and light the 
face of the figure causing it to beam with 
a heavenfy radiance impossible to de- 
scribe. The left hand is placed on the 
left side of the forehead as if listening to 
hear the whisperings of love from all na- 
ture, and the face seems entranced b} 7 
these old yet ever new revelations of love 
coming from the hearts of all living, in 
expressions of most exquisite tenderness. 
Thrown over this figure, there is a deli- 
cate veil carved so delicately as to repre- 
sent the finest texture. This almost 
transparent veil does not conceal the per- 
fect figure, but seems to intensify the 



—106— 

effect. The draping is the most artistic 
I have ever beheld, and where canght np 
it is fastened with small star stones simi- 
lar to that in the right hand, thongh 
smaller. The veil is hnng and draped 
full trailing in the back, but the sides and 
front not so long. The feet and limbs 
seem so perfect and lifelike that you al- 
most imagine the spirit of life animates 
them. This love statue rests upon a 
base of highly polished dark gray stone, 
bowl-shaped on its upper surface, so high- 
ly polished as to reflect with the power of 
what we would call a French plate mirror, 
and this adds greatly to the wonderful 
effect and causes an appearance of a num- 
ber of similar statues in a group. On 
the sides of this stone base are carved 
wreaths of palms, flowers, grain and what 
seems like massed ferns and grasses ; 
everything seems by the artistic carving 
to be represented in natural living colors. 
Many are the pieces of statuary of 
women, the mothers, sisters and daugh- 



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ters of Mars, so perfect in form, exhibit- 
ing the perfect purity in their lives. 
These figures represent womankind as 
mothers, as government officers, rulers, 
and in every phase of woman's sphere 
existing on this most favored planet. 

Man, his power, bravery, dignity and 
nobility is shown in one grand statue. 
He stands forth fearlessly with every fibre 
of his body ready to do duty as a citizen, 
as an officer or as a soldier. He is indeed 
what might be called a well developed 
man, prepared to occupy any position in 
public or private, in peace or in war. 

Sculptured animals are seen in various 
colors of stone, not exactly like our ani- 
mals, but smaller, hardier and covered 
with thick massy wool or fur, some- with 
short, straight horns, others without 
horns. All varieties of animals cut in 
every conceivable variety of stone. These 
are to represent the various schools of 
sculpture. 

Fowls and birds of every variety are 



— 108 — 

carved in stone and not moulded. The 
plumage is not as rich in colorings as onr 
birds, but is heavier with more blue 
and gra}^. Birds with large bills and 
rusty large claws. Singing birds, one 
species of eagle so strong and large that 
it can carry off animals as large as a 
young calf. The work of the art schools 
furnishes a vast number and variety of 
these birds in stone as well as painted on 
canvas. 

A large figure of a lion similar to our 
lion except that the heavy long fur covers 
the whole body instead of the neck and 
shoulders as worn by our king of beasts. 

Tigers, dogs, horses and cattle all 
small and covered, some with heavy fur, 
others with a heavy coat of wool, these 
are all faithfully represented but in such 
abundance and apparent confusion that 
we can only glance at them. Many of 
these animals seem so tame and docile 
that the beholder is moved with an im- 
pulse to pet them, forgetting that they are 



—109— 

not endowed with life. The figures in 
the ornithological department are so per- 
fect that it is almost impossible to dis- 
tinguish them from the stuffed birds, and 
even the live birds that are kept in the 
room for comparison, and all these are on 
revolving tables or pedestals, and the re- 
volving of the tables sets in motion musi- 
cal instruments that produce bird notes 
so perfect that they sound like the singing 
of birds in the forest. Indeed, the music 
of these instruments is similar to the bird 
notes in the Wagnerian music in the 
Siegfried and Tannhauser. Some of these 
figures of birds and animals are massed 
together to form arches, pyramids, lofty 
steps and exterior and interior house 
decorations. 



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ALMIGHTY $ $ $, and you are a TRULY CHRISTIAN GENTLE- 
MAN. You can rest assured that I deeply and truly appreciate 
your kindness. Very truly your friend, W. H. H. Clark. 



ANYBODY CAN LEARN. 

1729 Olive St., St. Eouis, Mo., June 14, 1899. 
Prof. J. W. Weltner, St. I,ouis, Mo. 

Dear Sir : I have carefully studied and assimilated your 
course of instructions, and have also studied Prof. S. A. Weltner's 
course of Nevada, Mo. I must say that your course excels in 
your masterly discussion of the source and application of the heal- 
ing power in your strong analysis of the mind and its control of 
the body. 

It seems to me that anybody can be a healer after studying 
your course. I am perfectly well pleased with your instructions 
and 1 consider what I have learned from you worth considerable 
money to me. I know I can cure disease without medicine and I 
expect to make Magnetic healing my business for the rest of my 
life. 

Accept my thanks for the great good your teachings have 
done me. Sincerely yours, 

' C. Hills. 

A WELL SATISFIED STUDENT. 

4037 Easton Ave., St. Louis, Mo., June 1, 1899. 
Prof. J. W. Weltner, 

President of the National University, St. Eouis, Mo. 

Dear Sir : I wish to thank you for the benefits I have obtain- 
ed through your course of study of Magnetic Healing. 

I was induced to take your course of study after hearing of 
your remarkable success in curing diseases without medicine. I 
had been a sufferer for many years from disordered stomach, dys- 
pepsia, constipation and catarrh of the head. From your course 
of study I learned how to cure myself and as "charity begins at 
home" I decided to try to rid myself of my ailment and I am 
happy to say I have cured myself entirely. I feel like a new man. 
I can't find words to express my appreciation of your wonderful 
course of study that has wrought such complete cures in my own 
body. 

I have taken other well known and well advertised courses of 
study and I feel bound by justice to state that yours is the best 
course I have studied, as every point is so wonderfully strong and 
plain that the most ignorant can not fail to comprehend it. I do 
not mean it for flattery when I say I consider your course the best 
published and yourself the most powerful healer I have ever met. 
Very truly your friend, 

G. R. Hill, 

4037 Easton Ave. 

P. S. I must also state that I do not have to spend my money 
for medicine for my family but when my wife or children have any 
ailment I cure them myself. G. R. Hill. 

This course with diploma will be sent on receipt of 
$10.00 in Postal or Express Money Order, Registered 
Letter or Bank Draft. 
Address : Prop. J. W. WEDTNER, 

St. Louis, Mo. 



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